A chinese manufacturer that specialized in PCB over ten years.Price and delivery time is very good,they cooperate with DHL and get 20%discount.Usually 3-4days you can get the boards.Other express is also ok,like HongKong post.,It is much cheaper.

According to my experience,you can register pcbway to enjoy the 80%discount,and can get the free universal boards.Also they do so many activities to help you save the cost

I believe most of the engineer or hobbyist know the company and have ever bought their pcb boards.Their quality is good,and quotation is acceptable,So i donnot introducr more since everyone know the company.

I use OSH Park a lot. Have not found either quality problems OR difficulty with the web site. Web site is certainly not conventional, but it fits the purpose, and that makes it fine for me.

They do aggregate board orders onto larger panels, so there can be some delay for a panel to be filled before it goes to the fab. But, they have always met the specified shipping date to me from their facility. Fortunately, they are relatively close to me and I get US Postal deliveries next day.

while ago used itead on advice of a colleague, all went fine for me. silkscreen and solder mask OK. no copper issues or anomalies seen. So if people ask I will recommend them. Only problem might delivery as that can take a while but that is a customes issue not a manufacturer issue.

[OSH Park] is not concise,and cannot place order online and cannot check the price

Huh? I've ordered several boards from OSHPark. All online, upload files, immediately showed price, AND preview pictures of what it's going to look like (not quite a gerber viewer, but really useful as a sanity check.)

I supposed it could be considered sub-optimal that you have to upload design files before you can check the price, rather than having it quote based on size/etc, but their pricing model is so simple ($5/sqin) that that's not really needed.

Lost my post ..... DAMN ! I can't help it but I really begin to hate this forum SW And I am such an easy going person. Hm hm.

I have an order out to PCBway. It doesn't go as easy as they say. But heck, different time zones, different languages .... I can say they do their best to iron out the problems that arise. And I do my best too. I hope it works out OK because for that pricing I don't even consider to etch my own.

Nard, if you connect all the ground planes together on the edges of the PCB they might take it as 1 PCB.

We had to do that in the past with a european PCB fab that would make large panels and was afraid that the QA controllers would think the board we send was accidentally cut and items would get lost.

if the edge of the PCB was all copper then on the inside it would not matter.

What I find interesting is that the spammer that started this thread now is keeping his mouth shut as things get rough......

I know Itead did not have this problem. I made 1 10x5 pcb that was made up out of 5 boards and it was just produced as 1 board with 5 separate ground planes (I did not connect the edges as described above) had to cut them myself, but that was expected and is clearly stated in their overview.

Are you sure the photo does not show up on the soldermask layer?

If it was to be in copper I would expect it to be green like the copper layer color.

What we now a days tend to do with empty board space is to fill it with holes 0.9mm drill on 100mills spacing such that you can use it as a small proto board. They come in handy every now and then.

A few of the holes/solder-pads seems to be in awkward positions. Marilyn needs horns? And one of the components is obviously PTT-mounted... [don't ask - either you get it or you don't, you dirty-minded engineers! ;-) ]

As of January 15, 2018, Site fix-up work has begun! Now do your part and report any bugs or deficiencies here.

No guarantees, but if we don't report problems they won't get much of a chance to be fixed! Details/discussions at link given just above.

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Regardless of if it was intentional or not the double meaning there is wonderful, Nard!

As of January 15, 2018, Site fix-up work has begun! Now do your part and report any bugs or deficiencies here.

No guarantees, but if we don't report problems they won't get much of a chance to be fixed! Details/discussions at link given just above.

"Some questions have no answers."[C Baird] "There comes a point where the spoon-feeding has to stop and the independent thinking has to start." [C Lawson] "There are always ways to disagree, without being disagreeable."[E Weddington] "Words represent concepts. Use the wrong words, communicate the wrong concept." [J Morin] "Persistence only goes so far if you set yourself up for failure." [Kartman]

Most sites and PCBWAY have online price-calculator. You set the dimensions/layers and you go display the money value.

sorry to reply you late,these days i am learning html,css and javascript,yes,most time their service is very good,i receive my boards usually need 6days,sometimes they hold the activity and the price is good

dangerousprototypes.com has low cost stencil available, I have never used them so can't comment on quality.

sorry to reply you late,these days i am learning html,css and javascript,$30+$10 i think is a little expensive.from china to US,if you choose DHL is just 3days,and the freight is about 25dollars.Next time

Well I just sent in three emails for three sets of boards, with one requiring assembly from a BOM to http://www.sky-macau.com/PCB_Ser.... I asked for a quotation hopefully I will get one as their website makes no mention of providing quotations for production.

Wait and see I guess.

JIm

If you want a career with a known path - become an undertaker. Dead people don't sue! - Kartman

I am also using PCBway and I am rather pleased. They have a very fast turn around from order entry to delivery, and the price is right. I just had them quote a PCB assembly and the price was also rather attractive.

Ironic part is I sent them an email telling them to atop spamming the Freaks, and here I am singing their praises.

Jim

If you want a career with a known path - become an undertaker. Dead people don't sue! - Kartman

You might want to consider the leakage clearance around the relays on the next board spin. If those relays were used to switch mains, then the board might live up to it's name. Depending on what country, it might be illegal.

They wont be used for mains, I removed the ground plane because it looked more "correct" in my eyes.

I designed the board that way because some support relays may come handy if someone (or me, I am not finished with the software yet) wants to add a feature like fans, leds or something similar. For mains I am using SSR which gives me nice isolation and they are capable to drive heating elements.

Good to hear. If you use a relay like the omron g2r separates the coil and contacts better. Keeping the ground plane away from the contacts is wise. Another thing to consider is how close the relays are to each other- some relays need clearance for heat and magnetic coupling. Little things can ruin an otherwise perfect board.

I have used iTead in the past. The first time the PCBs were on my doorstep in a fortnight. This time it took them a fortnight before they even mailed it so I've started looking at other fab houses (Dirty PCBs in particular.)

Candy your IP address matches a spammer address 11 times. We will leave your post above as a general information service for now but if you make a habit of continuously pushing your company then you will get banned.

There were no problems at all, the boards worked great and i didnt find any mistakes.(I've only used the company once though)They did post me a card for new years though, so they're the kind of company that will go out of their way to be friendly.

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